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id: creating-monitors
title: Creating Monitors
description: Tracetest enables creating monitors visually in the Tracetest Web UI.
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keywords:
  - tracetest
  - trace-based testing
  - observability
  - distributed tracing
  - testing
  - monitoring
  - monitor
  - synthetic monitoring
  - synthetic testing
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👉 **Join our [shared Pokeshop API Demo environment](https://app.tracetest.io/organizations/ttorg_2179a9cd8ba8dfa5/invites/a3SW5oQIg/accept) and try creating a Monitor yourself!**

This page showcases how to create and edit Monitors in the Web UI.

:::tip
[To read more about Monitors, check out the Monitors concepts page.](/concepts/monitors)
:::

Select **Monitors** in the left menu and then click the **Create** button to create a new Monitor:

![all monitors](https://res.cloudinary.com/djwdcmwdz/image/upload/v1719399745/Blogposts/Tracetest-Monitors-Trace-based-testing-meets-Synthetic-Monitoring/app-stage.tracetest.io_organizations_ttorg_bbf2def23aec248a_environments_ttenv_ee3687f0d89536d7_test_pokeshop-demo-import-pokemon-queue_run_277_automate_1_1_mbr5b4.png)

Give your Monitor a name, select a schedule, enable the monitor, and click on the Tests tab.

![create monitor modal](https://res.cloudinary.com/djwdcmwdz/image/upload/v1719399711/Blogposts/Tracetest-Monitors-Trace-based-testing-meets-Synthetic-Monitoring/app-stage.tracetest.io_organizations_ttorg_bbf2def23aec248a_environments_ttenv_ee3687f0d89536d7_test_pokeshop-demo-import-pokemon-queue_run_277_automate_2_1_w3mwtw.png)

Next, select which tests to run in the Monitor and click on the Test Suites tab.

![Select Tests in Monitor](https://res.cloudinary.com/djwdcmwdz/image/upload/v1719492866/Blogposts/Tracetest-Monitors-Trace-based-testing-meets-Synthetic-Monitoring/app.tracetest.io_organizations_ttorg_2179a9cd8ba8dfa5_environments_ttenv_231b49e808c29e6a_monitors_page_1_o2pddt.png)

Next, select which test suites to run in the Monitor and click on the Alerts tab.

![Select Test Suites in Monitor](https://res.cloudinary.com/djwdcmwdz/image/upload/v1719492865/Blogposts/Tracetest-Monitors-Trace-based-testing-meets-Synthetic-Monitoring/app.tracetest.io_organizations_ttorg_2179a9cd8ba8dfa5_environments_ttenv_231b49e808c29e6a_monitors_page_1_1_cfsker.png)

On the Alerts tab, configure sending a webhook alert and click "Create".

![Alerts Tab](https://res.cloudinary.com/djwdcmwdz/image/upload/v1719492867/Blogposts/Tracetest-Monitors-Trace-based-testing-meets-Synthetic-Monitoring/app.tracetest.io_organizations_ttorg_2179a9cd8ba8dfa5_environments_ttenv_231b49e808c29e6a_monitors_page_1_2_v55ws4.png)

The Monitor will run, and you will get the following result.

![Edit Monitor](https://res.cloudinary.com/djwdcmwdz/image/upload/v1719399627/Blogposts/Tracetest-Monitors-Trace-based-testing-meets-Synthetic-Monitoring/app-stage.tracetest.io_organizations_ttorg_bbf2def23aec248a_environments_ttenv_ee3687f0d89536d7_monitor_8zfKNkQSR_run_353_overview_3_tly95w.png)

You can now view all Monitor runs in the Runs and Run Groups tab. They're labeled `Monitor` and can be filtered by the Monitor's name.

![filter runs by monitor name tag](https://res.cloudinary.com/djwdcmwdz/image/upload/v1719399825/Blogposts/Tracetest-Monitors-Trace-based-testing-meets-Synthetic-Monitoring/app-stage.tracetest.io_organizations_ttorg_bbf2def23aec248a_environments_ttenv_ee3687f0d89536d7_runs_page_1_name_startDate_endDate_monitorName_Pokeshop_20Monitor_3_qhdltm.png)

👉 **Join our [shared Pokeshop API Demo environment](https://app.tracetest.io/organizations/ttorg_2179a9cd8ba8dfa5/invites/a3SW5oQIg/accept) and try creating a Monitor yourself!**
